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Euro loses most since July 2012

The euro slid the most in more than a year versus the dollar as weaker-than-forecast economic data for the currency region fuelled speculation the European Central Bank will cut interest rates as soon as at its meeting this week.

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Berlusconi surges in poll despite legal woes

Silvio Berlusconi’s centre-right party would win a general election, according to a poll released on Friday, even though the former prime minister has been convicted for tax fraud and remains entangled in a string of legal scandals.

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Britain to quiz Google and auditor again on tax

Executives from Google Inc. and its auditor Ernst & Young will be called again to a British parliament committee to testify on tax, after a Reuters investigation highlighted inconsistencies in the way Google portrays its activities in Britain, the committee’s chairwoman told Reuters.

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